As you already know, Thursday I saw the Bloody Beetroots at Lucerna. The second concert I went to last weekend was Austra at the Meet Factory on Saturday. I forgot my camera at home that night so I don’t have any pictures to show you, but trust me the venue was amazing. It is a little further away from Prague’s city center near a bunch of railroad tracks: very warehouse/industrial like. The concert was a great time but unfortunately was wayyyy too short. I guess I’ll have to hit up another concert very soon to get my full fix.
Saturday during the day, CIEE took all the students on a trip to Kutna Hora, a mining town about an hour away from Prague. For those of you that don’t know Kutna Hora, it is home to the famous Sedlec Osuary. Better known as the “bone church.” It is estimated to be made of 40,000- 70,000 human skeletons put together by a half-blind monk.
Also, Kutna Hora is home to a famous silver mine. We got the chance to go 35 meters underground into it. It wasn’t as cold as I had expected it to be down there, but it was definitely an experience. Some parts of the mine were so narrow only one person could barely fit at a time. Going into a mine really made me realize how terrible the life of a miner is. They work in such tough conditions and even sometimes had to walk 2 hours down flights of stairs just to get into the mine because it was so deep. Our tour guide told us they could lose up to 5 miners on a regular day.
And, after a jam-packed weekend, my friends and I decided to go to Praha 7 for the Troja Wine Festival on Sunday. You’re probably wondering, what’s Czech wine like? Well, the wine itself is just all right in my opinion. The white definitely better than the red. However, Czechs have this amazing different type of wine called Burčak. My Czech buddy described it to me as a delicious “young wine.” I guess it’s the same as regular wine except it's fermented in a way that makes it taste really sweet. I don’t know if they have it in other countries, but if you ever are lucky enough to visit Prague during wine season (which is at the end of summer/early fall… perfect timing for me) I highly recommend trying it. I ended up having a beautiful, relaxing day sitting in the sun in the Troja castle gardens sampling wine and burčak. It was a great way to end my busy weekend.
Tomorrow I take my final exam in Intensive Czech, which the language ended up being easier than I thought it would be. And right after the test, I better be prepared for another busy weekend ahead of me. I just got back from the train station where I managed to score a round trip ticket to Munich for the opening weekend of Oktoberfest for only $36! Apparently, if you get a group of 5 people and do enough research, travel can become very cheap. I’ll have to stay in tents at a campsite since all the hostels and hotels are full (which I think sounds more fun anyway, not to mention I’ll be saving money). I can’t believe I’ll actually be at Oktoberfest in two days. I’ve waited too long for this.
Na Shledanou,
Uvidíme se na Oktoberfest,
Lesia
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